Questions tagged [portrait-drawing]
Meant for questions regarding the intricacies and difficulties associated with drawing or painting anything that has as face. For medium specific questions, please tag that medium.
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How to improve my 2D manga-art skill until meets industry standard? Anyone help me to find where is the weakness? [closed]
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How is this style called and how is it done?
I am wondering, what is the historical origin, technique and name of the following drawing/painting style, done by means of little dots and nets. Or is it perhaps the effect of the drawing support or ...
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In drawing, how is a "painterly" style different from a "linear" style?
In the book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", the author shows two profile drawings of the same woman by two different authors. The author does this to make a point about artistic ...
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Are there any pros and cons of using more than 5-6 grades of pencils for a single drawing especially a portrait?
Earlier, for past 3 years I used to use at least 7 Staedtler pencils (6H, 4H, HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B, 9B) for a single portrait drawing.
In last 1 year, I reduced it to around 5 pencils (2H, HB, 4B, 6B, ...
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How to draw human body in chest/collarbone area?
As I have found myself learning more about the human body anatomy, and less focused on the human anatomy of the face, I am struggling with the latter.
I am an expressionist. I do want accuracy, and ...
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How to fix the nose in this portrait of soft oil pastels?
I paint with soft oil pastel on black canvas board.
Painting noses is difficult.
I feel the nose should be short, but it will increase the distance between the nose and the upper lip.
If I decrease ...
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How to draw eyes shape - more-or-less formal algorithm
What is the shape of an eye like exactly?
I am learning to draw (portrait in pencil, front face view).
Occasionally and intuitively I can draw an eye correctly (real-like), but I cannot explain ...
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Planes of the head (Loomis Method)
I have been reading Loomis' book "Drawing the head and hands" and practising Loomis' method of head construction. But while reading the book, I discovered that to put the features correctly ...
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Loomis head construction from extreme angles [duplicate]
I am practising the head construction based on Loomis method but finding it difficult to draw the extreme angles, and the neck placement on them, so, I haven't moved to the facial features yet. I have ...
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Drawing detail in dark hair?
When drawing from reference photos, and the hair is photographed, the definition of the hair is muddled. No lighting on the hair. Almost like a silhouette.
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I lightened the image up to see ...
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What are distinct facial features that can be considered while drawing an Indian and Caucasian teenage girl?
What are the distinctive features in the face of an Indian and Caucasian teenage girl which makes them distinct from each other?
I'm a beginner artist struggling to draw two distinct adult girl ...
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Is it legal to make portraits of people for indirectly commercial purposes?
There are a lot of famous people who are my heroes. I love to make portraits of them. Some of them are dead, some are alive. There is no easy way to get the appropriate permissions to draw them. I ...
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How is my Art and how can I improve? [closed]
I am a complete amateur with no formal training in Art. I am interested in the Art of Sketching. Since I have no teacher, trainer, or adviser, I do not know how my sketches. I am providing here a ...
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How do I stop my finished pencil picture from smudging? [duplicate]
I swear, I have been drawing for years yet i still cant figure this one out. How exactly do i stop my finished pencil picture from smudging? I would appreciate anyone's help or ideas to the situation.
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The differences between masculine and feminine features to improve my portraits
Earlier this summer, I drew a portrait of a girl that I liked. It was a good drawing, but I cheated. I basically traced the important parts and carefully overlayed the photo for shading. I never ...
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Drawing a newborn baby
I got comments saying that the pose is flat and the form has no shape and that I should draw simple 3D shapes. I don't understand what they mean by form having no shape or pose being flat. Here is my ...
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How can I replace an unwanted area in my reference image?
I wish to paint the image below by hand, using oil pastels. This is from period drama (Rustic India, 1800s). The background is simple, yet decorative, the lady is a natural beauty.
The only problem is ...
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How to draw a head from all angles from imagination?
I've been drawing portraits for some time, both realistic and stylized. I can draw from imagination for profile, 3/4 and face-forward views. But I want to be able to draw from imagination all views: ...
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How can I draw single hairs on a black background with charcoal or graphite?
Every time I look at super realistic portrait drawings in charcoal or graphite, I wonder how to draw single hairs against a black background (on white paper, though) like in these pictures:
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How can I draw realistic hair with pencil?
I've always loved drawing people and my medium of choice has been standard drawing pencils, but I often struggle with hair - specifically long hair. I've come across a couple techniques that have ...
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Does grid drawing help with drawing from imagination?
I've taken art classes in high/middle school where I did a couple of grid drawings and I've even done a couple on my own. I also had an art class in college last semester and everyone there loved my ...
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What's the term for the opposite drawing style to hyperrealism?
I'm learning how to draw, and I'm trying to find the name of my favorite style so I can find more resources about it. The style is reasonably minimalistic, using only the necessary detail to make ...
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How to start a pencil portrait without using an outline of features?
I enjoy drawing head portraits in pencil, but I've found that sketching an outline of the prominent features often lead me astray. For example, due to shadows my eye is sometimes approximating the ...
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